August 24, 2009 10:14AM 

# More on Sugar’s Sweet Deal 

By [Sallie James](https://www.cato.org/people/sallie-james) 

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Following [my](https://www.cato.org/2009/08/19/sweet-and-yet-very-very-sour/) and [Dan’s](https://www.cato.org/2009/08/19/obama-administration-sides-with-special-interests-and-status-quo-on-sugar-imports/) blog posts last week on the continuing lining of Big Sugar’s pockets at consumers’ expense, the *[Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/22/AR2009082201987_pf.html)* and *[Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204409904574350261109973986.html#mod=todays_us_opinion)* have written editorials on the scam. I commend both of them to you, although I could have done without the *WaPo*’s moralizing on the “social benefits” of high sugar prices.

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